Camp stove



Oct. 18, 1938. Q E, BROWN 2,133,421

CAMP STOVE Filed Nov, 6, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 C'iarencel'zro wn C. E.BROWN CAMP STOVE Oct. 18, 1938.

Filed Nov. 6, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 dlaren ceE Bro wn Patented Oct. 18,1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CAMP STOVE Clarence E. Brown, BentonHarbor, Mich.

Application November 6, 1936, Serial No. 109,599

1 Claim.

This invention relates to stoves and more particularly to camp stoves.

The primary object of this invention resides in the provision of aknock-down camp stove adapted to be readily assembled without regard towhether or not the top and bottom or opposite edges of the jacketthereof are disposed in inverted or reverse position relative to itsco-related elements.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of aknock-down camp stove consisting of an embodiment of co-related elementsadapted to be assembled and disassembled in the minimum length of time.A further object of this invention resides in the provision of aknock-down camp stove having a particularly constructed jacket.

A still further object of this invention resides in the provision of aknock-down camp stove having a particularly constructed jacket adaptedto support a particularly constructed fire-pot.

Aside from the aforesaid objects, this invention resides in theprovision of a knock-down camp stove having a particularly constructedfire- 25 pot adapted to support a particularly constructed movablegrate.

Among the many objects of this invention is the provision of aknock-down camp stove having a particularly constructed face plateadapted to be connected to certain free edges of the jacket.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in certainnovel features of construction and arrangement of elements to be here- 5inafter more particularly described in the specification, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim and,while this disclosure depicts the preferred embodiment of the severalco-related elements, the right is 40 reserved to resort to such changesin construction and arrangement of parts as come within the scope of theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application:

Fig. 1 is a side View of a knock-down camp stove as constructed inaccordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view thereof.

50 Fig. 3 is a front view of the fire-pot.

Fig. 4 is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view, approximately on line 55 of Fig. 2of the stove, the legs thereof being shown by dotted lines.

55 Fig. 6 is a front view of the jacket per se.

Fig. 7 is a detail View of the jacket in stretched out condition.

In the present embodiment of this invention the numeral 5 designates, ingeneral, a knockdown camp stove which preferably consists of a 5 castiron face-plate 6 provided with a fuel feeding opening I and an ashremoval opening 8 which are covered by suitable doors-9 hingedlyconnected thereto and retained in closed position by any approved typeof catch, it being understood 10 that draft controlling dampers or othersuitable elements may be secured to either one or both doors to permitproper operation of the stove.

Formed adjacent each vertical edge of the face plate is a series ofapertures [0 with which is 15 adapted to register similar apertures l Iformed in a sheet metal jacket I2 to facilitate securing the jacket tothe face plate by bolts [3 without regard to whether or not the top andbottom or opposite perforated edges of the jacket is inverted orreversed.

Secured at the top and bottom of the assembled face plate and jacket asby means of bolts [4 or the like is an upper and lower head [5 and I6,respectively, which are formed of cast iron or any other suitablematerial, said heads are provided with inwardly extending annular rimsI6 adapted to maintain the sheet metal jacket in sealed relationtherewith and establish rigidity therebetween. The aforesaid heads arefurther provided with outwardly extending flanges l1 against which theupper and lower edges, designated 23 and 24 respectively, of the jackethear so as to enhance the stability of the assemblage heretofore setforth, said upper head is provided with a smoke-pipe collar [8 and aremovable lid H! to facilitate placing a cooking utensil in directcontact with heat within the stove, while the lower head is providedwith a series of apertures 20 adjacent the periphery thereof forreception of suitable bolts 2| adapted to secure legs 22 thereto as setforth in my copending application.

Formed in the jacket on a horizontal plane exactly midway between itsupper and lower edges 23 and 24 are apertures 25 adapted to registerwith similar apertures 26 formed in a substantially inverted conicalshaped fire-pot 21 to receive suitable bolts 28 so as to secure thefire-pot to the jacket in the same relation to the face-plate whether ornot the jacket is inverted or reversed when connected to the face plate.

The jacket is also provided with apertures 29 adjacent its upper andlower edges to register with similar apertures in the rims of the heads,it being understood that the apertures 29 are also disposed so they willregister with those in the rims regardless of whether or not the bottomand top or opposite perforated edges of the jacket are inverted orreversed.

Preferably extending from the lower edge of the fire-pot are spaced lugs30 adapted to form rests for a suitable rotatable grate 3| having ashaker arm 32 extending toward the front of the stove in the region ofthe ash removal door Where access thereto may be conveniently obtainedto actuate the grate.

The fire-pot has its upper front portion cutout as at 33 to obviateobstruction of the fuel opening in the face plate where the lower edgethereof terminates on the line designated by the letter S.

With this invention fully described it is manifest that a camp stove isintroduced which can be readily assembled and disassembled and, throughthe simplicity of the co-related elements, the same can be manufacturedand sold at a nominal price. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protectby Letters Patent is:

A stove of the character set forth comprising a face plate ,having aseries of equally spaced aligned bolt receiving apertures adjacent itslonger edges and other bolt receiving apertures disposed midway betweenthe first mentioned apertures adjacent its shorter edges, said faceplate also having door openings therein, hinged doors covering the dooropenings, a substantially rectangular jacket having a series of boltreceiving apertures arranged along a straight center line locatedcentrally between two opposite edges of the jacket, said apertures beingdisposed in pairs symmetrically with respect to the center line of thejacket extending between the remaining side edges, said jacket havingother sets of bolt receiving apertures disposed symmetrically withrespect to said lines and located adjacent the respective edges of thejacket certain of said apertures being adapted to register withcompanion apertures in the face plate, a lower head having boltreceiving apertures adapted to register with certain apertures in theface plate and jacket, an upper head'having bolt receiving aperturesadapted to register with certain other apertures in the face plate andjacket, a grate having apertures adapted to register with certain otherapertures in the jacket and fastening elements passing through theaforesaid apertures for securing the component parts of the stove in setup condition.

CLARENCE E. BROWN.

